Recently I read a book that was called Atomic Habits. This was a very good book. The reason why I got it was it was trending. I mean it wasn’t trending as much as it was back then when it was released but this was the book that almost everyone in my school that you know were book addicts if I must say. They recommended me this book when I talked to them about my bed habits. I got this book when I was shopping. There was a book store nearby and I decided to take a peek to see if they had the book and they had it so I just bought it. It took me around two weeks to finish reading it and it was the best book that I’ve ever read since I’ve only read one book but it was so impactful in my life. It taught me how to break these bad habits and up to this day I still use the methods in that book. It’s quite surprising. It is a motivational or kind of self-help book. It helps you to get back up. It helps you break these bad habits and there are like several steps in that book. They are very important for you to follow in order to be able to demolish these bad habits or just just get rid of it completely. I would like to read something similar to this which is why I bought another book. Another self-help book. The reason why is I really love reading these self-help books as it doesn’t benefit me also but it is entertaining to see people’s perspectives on different challenges.
Band 7+: Talk about a book you are reading now or have read recently. You should say: How and why you got it How long you it took you to read it or how long you have been reading it What kind of book it is And say if you would like to read something else similar or not, and why
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Recently, I read a book called Atomic Habits. This was a very good book. The reason I got it was that it was trending. It wasn't trending as much as it was back when it was released, but this was the book that almost everyone in my school, who were book addicts, recommended to me when I talked to them about my bad habits. I got this book while shopping. There was a bookstore nearby, and I decided to take a peek to see if they had the book, and they did, so I just bought it. It took me around two weeks to finish reading it, and it was the best book I've ever read, considering I've only read one book, but it was so impactful in my life. It taught me how to break these bad habits, and to this day, I still use the methods in that book. It's quite surprising. It is a motivational or self-help book. It helps you get back up and break these bad habits, and there are several steps in that book. They are very important for you to follow in order to demolish these bad habits or just get rid of them completely. I would like to read something similar to this, which is why I bought another book, another self-help book. The reason is that I really love reading these self-help books, as they benefit me and are also entertaining to see people's perspectives on different challenges.
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